I am reminded every time I make this for dinner, how much we all love it, and wonder why I don't make it more often.  It's easy and so creamy and full of flavor that it's really just  glamorous comfort food when you get right down to it.  Actually, it's so easy to keep the ingredients on hand, that there's no reason for it not to become a good ol'  pantry special--you know, one of those things to make when you haven't planned anything and it's suddenly dinnertime and your beloved family clearly expect that it's going to magically materialize. Actually, at times like this, when you hear the crunch on the driveway that signals your brood is home and you've been lazing about the hacienda doing lots of stuff that doesn't include making dinner, my first advice is to lay the table.  That way, you can stall for time while you figure out what in the world you're going to do, and it lulls them into a false sense of security that you've got it together.